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  • Wah-Wah
  • Opened May 12, 2006 | Runtime:1 hr. 39 min.
  • R
    some language and brief sexuality
  • Ralph Compton, a youth in Swaziland, witnesses the disintegration of his dysfunctional family, as Britain's rule in South Africa comes to an end. His father's (Gabriel Byrne) heavy drinking increasingly alienates Ralph and his stepmother (Emily Read More
  • Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Emily Watson, Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Julie Walters
  • Director: Richard E. Grant
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

Wah-Wah Critic Reviews

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  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    Both acidly funny and very moving.

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jami Bernard

    Thanks to Grant's script and direction, the exotic Swaziland location (a film...

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    The fascinating aspect of the rambling and involving film is how Ralph and this...

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Wah-Wah has a sequence, based on old newsreels, in which the flag is lowered...

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